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Cuba Plunged into Darkness Again
22 Mar
Summary
- Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Saturday.
- Around 10 million people lost power due to the outage.
- A U.S.-imposed oil blockade crippled the generation system.
The national electric grid in Cuba experienced a total collapse on Saturday, affecting an estimated 10 million residents with a widespread power outage. This incident marks the second nationwide blackout to occur since the implementation of a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, which has critically hampered the country's obsolete generation infrastructure.
Grid operator UNE announced the critical failure via social media, indicating that updates would continue to be provided. The ongoing power deficit is directly linked to the crippled generation system, exacerbated by the oil blockade, leaving a significant portion of the population without electricity.
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